KitchenAid Artisan Mixer

If its possible to have an ongoing family relationship with ones KitchenAid Artisan Mixer, then mine is very close, and personal. I had first seen it while traveling in the US on a free spirited gap year, and even then was a domestic dreamer ; severely considering shipping one home to the UK on a student budget! Irrational I know, but kitchen love is a strange and often unwieldy thing. We finally started our relationship proper about 11 years ago and it has been an suffering love ever since.

I buy KitchenAid Artisan Mixer about 11 years ago. Mine is white, crisp, clean and well suited for any environment, but I often hanker for a color thats a trifle more, dare I say it, ground breaking. Maybe Apple Green, Cobalt Blue, Candy Apple, Imperial Red or even ultra cool Metallic Grey would add a trifle of style to my kitchen, but whatever the color, it would still be the same improbable mixer underneath. 

So apart from seeming great, and being featured in every TV chefs kitchen, what exactly is so fantastic about a KitchenAid Artisan Mixer? The bowl for a start. At 4.8 litres capacity the brushed Stainless Steel bowl is large enough to make dough for two loaves using 1.2 kg of flour, but can also whisk one ovalbumin without a problem. Its high sides stop ingredients splashing out, and the twisting mechanics that holds it in situ is firm and wholly secure.  

The 300W motor has 10 speeds and is very strong, heavy and uses an unique planetary action. It copes equally well with large amount mixtures that need slow mixing for a prolonged time, as well as beating a cake mixture quickly and lightly to produce the most amazingly well risen Victoria Sponge. It has a really robust all metal design, which although heavy to carry at 12.7 kg, means that it is dependably rooted to the spot when you need it to be. 

The Artisan Mixer comes with three mixing in attachments (flat beater, wire whisk and a dough hook). You also get a clear plastic pouring shield which is really helpful in holding your worktop free from mess. With KitchenAid's range of more 12 optional attachments, you can turn your mixer into all rather appliances, from a pasta roller cutter to a citrus juicer, slicer shredder and my neighbor even uses his to make homemade sausages with a exclusively designed gadget from the clever clever American people at KitchenAid

If aesthetics are your thing, then you couldnt want for more this Henry Moore of the mixer world. If functionality drives you, you can be certain that cake, after amazingly well light cake, will never cease to thrill you. You may decide not to have quite the same relationship with your KitchenAid mixer as I do, but I can assure you it will be long lasting, fulfilled and very productive.